An overview of configuration keywords and how they are used
An overview of configuration keywords and how they are used
Release 9.3
As part of the process of creating new datasets in a geodatabase, you can optionally use configuration keywords to specify how data is stored in the geodatabase. Configuration keywords represent a setting or group of settings that tell the geodatabase where or in what format to store data contents in each dataset. Here are some examples of configuration keywords and their uses:
DEFAULTS—This uses reasonable default configuration and storage settings for most geodatabase uses.
MAX_FILE_SIZE_256TB—If you are importing an extremely large image into a file geodatabase, you can specify the MAX_FILE_SIZE_256TB configuration keyword, which tells the geodatabase to allow the raster dataset to be up to 256 terabytes in size.
SDELOB—If you want to add a feature class to an ArcSDE for Oracle geodatabase, you could specify the SDELOB configuration keyword, which tells the database to store the spatial data in BLOB format.
TEXT_UTF16—If you are creating a file geodatabase feature class that will contain attribute data in Chinese, Russian, or another language with non-Latin characters, you can specify this keyword so the text characters store in UTF16, a more efficient storage format for these languages.
In most cases, simply choosing the default option will create new datasets that will work well for you. However, there are many cases in which you will need to specify a configuration keyword.
Configuration keywords are used with file geodatabases and with ArcSDE geodatabases licensed with ArcGIS Server Enterprise. Each of these geodatabase types has its own set of keywords. In the case of ArcSDE geodatabases, there are a number of configuration keywords that can be used for specifying geometry storage (which varies by database managment system [DBMS]) as well as for managing geometric networks, topologies, and terrains.
Configuration keywords are only used with file geodatabases or ArcSDE geodatabases licensed with ArcGIS Server Enterprise; they cannot be specified for personal geodatabases or geodatabases created on the Database Servers node in ArcCatalog.
Learn about file geodatabase configuration keywords.Learn about ArcSDE configuration keywords.
